Lars Von Trier

Movie Review: Antichrist

Antichrist created quite the stir when it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. I can understand uneasiness after watching the film, but the massive critical ignorance upon its premiere is somewhat shocking. I understand the...

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Movies You May Have Missed 18 - The Five Obstructions

In a move that I'm sure will shock many of our viewers after our review of 'Breaking the Waves', we've decided to go back to the well of Lars Von Trier for 'The Five Obstructions' This is also our most contentious episode yet,...

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2009’s Top 10 Movie Catchphrases

Show me the money! He’s just not that into you. You can’t handle the truth! For most people, these are cinema’s potent quotables. But I prefer the underdog sloganeers, like Kim Basinger in 8 Mile, who says to a belligerent...

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ChrisJarmick says "Movies to make even manly men cry. Five hankie movies." about Best Movies top...

Here are some movie that are sure to bring a tear or two or a whole flood to your eye. Powerful movies that will make even the most manly of men cry. No not Fried Green Tomatoes, or even Gone with the Wind. 5. Edward...

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Surviving madness, mutilation and a mauling

Charlotte Gainsbourg was hardly expecting cheers when her film Antichrist was shown at Cannes this year. Which is fortunate. The latest inflammatory dispatch from the gender wars by the serial provocateur Lars von Trier tracks...

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Review: 'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call'

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)Police drama. Starring Nicolas Cage, Val Kilmer, Eva Mendes and Jennifer Coolidge. Directed by Werner Herzog. (R. 121 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) "Bad...

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Movie review: Antichrist

A couple goes into the woods, but they don't come out. Lars von Trier's stunning new film Antichrist is strong stuff indeed. That's because von Trier's camera (as helmed by Oscar-winning lenseman Anthony Dod Mantle) does not...

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Lars gratia artis: von Trier’s hardcore horror film Antichrist is an arthouse endurance test...

We may as well get this out of the way: How does a critic go about recommending a film like Lars von Trier's Antichrist , "recommendation" being understood within the usual consumer-guide, pointing-thumbs framework? I happen to...

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11.14.09: And the Winner Is…

I was invited to be on the jury of the Estoril Film Festival, which, like many others, has a number of sections — tributes to directors (David Cronenberg, Victor Erice — Spirit of the Beehive) and actors (Juliette Binoche), a...

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Chaos reigns in maddeningly pointless 'Antichrist'

'Antichrist'撒旦的情與慾 Directed by: Lars von Trier Starring: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg Reviewed by: Christy Lemire, Associated Press Opens Taiwan: Now showing To say that "Antichrist" is shocking would suggest that

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